Nvidia Teams With MediaTek For New CPU In Desktop Unveiled At CES

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Nvidia unveiled its Project DIGITS desktop computer at CES 2025. It targeted AI developers with a Linux-based system running on the company's latest "Blackwell" AI chip and a new CPU co-designed with MediaTek. The $3,000 machine represents Nvidia's expansion into the desktop CPU market. Chief Executive Jensen Huang noted MediaTek could sell the energy-efficient CPU independently, highlighting a "win-win" partnership. While the device is not aimed at mass-market users, Nvidia aims to bridge Linux and Windows systems using Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux technology, with plans to make the hybrid system mainstream.

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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:02NVIDIA unveiled its Project Digits desktop computer in CES 2025, targeting AI developers

00:08with a Linux-based system running on the company's latest Blackwell AI chip and a new CPU co-designed

00:14with MediaTek. The $3,000 machine represents NVIDIA's move to expand into the desktop CPU

00:20market. Chief Executive Jensen Huang noted MediaTek can sell the energy-efficient CPU

00:26independently, highlighting a win-win partnership. While the device is not aimed at mass-market

00:31users, NVIDIA aims to bridge Linux and Windows systems using Microsoft's Windows subsystem

00:36for Linux technology, with plans to make the hybrid system mainstream.

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